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cutting hundreds of billions of dollars from medicare and medicaid will short change the people who need it the most. so if you don't want seniors to come up empty. call sen. warner and tell him don't make a bad deal that cuts our care. >>> werl come back to 9news -- welcome back to 9news. monday came here with your timesaver traffic. brunswick line is running 15 to 20 minutes. on the southbound side of 295 right before the sousa bridge, there's a disabled vehicle in the left lane. you can see eight before slow traffic already forming because of that. on the inbound side of i-66, earlier incident here at route 50 has been cleared. but slow traffic as you head in from route 29, lee highway, 31 miles an hour as you head toferred fairfax -- toward fairfax before that pace picks up. let's show you what it looks like if you're planning to head here in rockville. this accident long-standing in the intersection of seven locks road and montrose road. let's take a look at our maps at 270 on the southbound side. this accident southbound side near route 28 blocks the left lane. we got a shot from s
cutting hundreds of billions of dollars from medicare and medicaid will short change the people who need it the most. so if you don't want seniors to come up empty. call sen. warner and tell him don't make a bad deal that cuts our care. >>> werl come back to 9news -- welcome back to 9news. monday came here with your timesaver traffic. brunswick line is running 15 to 20 minutes. on the southbound side of 295 right before the sousa bridge, there's a disabled vehicle in the left lane. you...
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but the idea of cutting $716 billion from medicare to be able to balance the additional cost of obama care is in my opinion a mistake. with regards to young people coming along, i've got proposals to make sure medicare and social security are there for them without any question. >> if you repeal obama care and i have become fond of this term obama care, if you repeal it, what happens is those seniors right away are going to be paying $600 more in prescription care. they're going to have to be paying copays for basic checkups that can keep them healthier and the primary beneficiary of that repeal are insurance companies that are estimated to gainle billions of dollars -- gain billions of dollars back when they aren't making seniors any healthier. i don't think that's the right approach to making sure that medicare is stronger over the long term. >> reporter: the other big issue of the night was job creation. but probably the most memorable -- certainly the most talked about moment was when mitt romney slammed "sesame street"'s big bird. i'll explain what i'm talking about in half an ho
but the idea of cutting $716 billion from medicare to be able to balance the additional cost of obama care is in my opinion a mistake. with regards to young people coming along, i've got proposals to make sure medicare and social security are there for them without any question. >> if you repeal obama care and i have become fond of this term obama care, if you repeal it, what happens is those seniors right away are going to be paying $600 more in prescription care. they're going to have...
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he support paul ryan and his actions a reform the medicare system. >> it will go bankrupt in 12 years. that's what everyone knows from the figure. unless you reform the system it will not be therefore people of may age and the upcoming generation. it is again bankrupt, we have a fix it. reform, it cannot be status quo. >> the governor added he will be on the campaign trail for mitt romney throughout the fall with stops here in the commonwealth. >>> well, the deadline to register to vote is october 9th. in virginia, it is october 15th. and maryland and west virginia, it is october 16th. >>> this week the school buses began rolling again, everywhere across our region. by now, you should know that you have to stop with the red stop sign comes out and the lights are flashing on a school bus. not everyone does it. we have how school bus cameras in maryland work and how they are protecting children. >> reporter: bus driver, jody jackson, sees dangerous behavior every day. >> it does scare me. >> reporter: not on our but, on the road. >> just last week i had, at one of my stops four cars wen
he support paul ryan and his actions a reform the medicare system. >> it will go bankrupt in 12 years. that's what everyone knows from the figure. unless you reform the system it will not be therefore people of may age and the upcoming generation. it is again bankrupt, we have a fix it. reform, it cannot be status quo. >> the governor added he will be on the campaign trail for mitt romney throughout the fall with stops here in the commonwealth. >>> well, the deadline to...
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billion from medicare. why? to pay for obama care. >> reporter: the obama camp says the cuts are part of a cap on medicare spending and that new vice presidential candidate paul ryan advocated those same caps in his budget proposal. drew levinson, 9news now. >> our partners at cbs this morning will be talking with mitt romney live from the campaign trail and they'll ask him about the vice president's remarks and about his new running made congressman paul ryan. you can see that right here on channel 9. >>> before we get to weather, we want to show you a photo sent in by one of our facebook friends. >> this is from jean kushner. it's a sunrise over southeast washington. she says her fiance works in one of the big cranes renovating the water facility and this is his view at work. >> what a view. >> we don't have anything like that out our window, do we? >> but i've got another picture i want to share with you guys. the national park service has a web cam out in arlington. about half-hour, 45 minutes before su
billion from medicare. why? to pay for obama care. >> reporter: the obama camp says the cuts are part of a cap on medicare spending and that new vice presidential candidate paul ryan advocated those same caps in his budget proposal. drew levinson, 9news now. >> our partners at cbs this morning will be talking with mitt romney live from the campaign trail and they'll ask him about the vice president's remarks and about his new running made congressman paul ryan. you can see that...
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the budget cut spending changes medicare and does not follow president obama's plan to raise taxes on the rich. >>> the jet blue pilot who had a midair meltdown is now facing federal charges. 49-year-old clayton osbon is charged with interfering a flight crew. his own copilot locked him out of the cockpit and passengers subdued him after he began screaming about terrorists during a flight tuesday. osbon is now undergoing a medical examination. >>> d.c. mayor gray kicked off the 150th anniversary celebration of the emancipation act in the district. it frees 3100 slaves in 1862. there will be activities around the city all year long including at the african- american civil war museum on vermont avenue in northwest. >>> okay, weather time now. howard bernstein alongside. we dropped a few more degrees and started at 62 and down at 57. >> probably drop a few more and struggle today to get back to 645 and 64. a lot cooler than yesterday. one thing we really need. we need some rain. we're about 2-inches below average for the month and getting a little dry out there. been a very warm month as
the budget cut spending changes medicare and does not follow president obama's plan to raise taxes on the rich. >>> the jet blue pilot who had a midair meltdown is now facing federal charges. 49-year-old clayton osbon is charged with interfering a flight crew. his own copilot locked him out of the cockpit and passengers subdued him after he began screaming about terrorists during a flight tuesday. osbon is now undergoing a medical examination. >>> d.c. mayor gray kicked off...
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extend the payroll tax cut but not unemployment benefits or delay of cuts and fees for doctors who treat medicare patients as some democrats would like. if a deal is not reached taxes will go up $80 a month on average for the average american. >>> mcdonald's wants more humane treatment of the pigs that eventually enter the company's food supply. it will require food suppliers to phase out the use of falls that confine -- stalls that confine pregnant sows. >>> remember the old airline people express? it's going to be the name of a virginia-based start-up carrier that hopes to begin flying passengers as early as this summer. our partners at "u.s.a. today" report if successful, it would resurrect the brand of one of the first low-cost carriers to emerge following deregulation. it flew from 1981 through 1987 when it was acquired by continental. the new company is based in the newport news-williamsburg area. prices will start around $69 for one-way tickets and the airline does not plan on adding extra fees like checked bags and seat siepts. >> at -- and seat assignments. >> interesting. >>> our time i
extend the payroll tax cut but not unemployment benefits or delay of cuts and fees for doctors who treat medicare patients as some democrats would like. if a deal is not reached taxes will go up $80 a month on average for the average american. >>> mcdonald's wants more humane treatment of the pigs that eventually enter the company's food supply. it will require food suppliers to phase out the use of falls that confine -- stalls that confine pregnant sows. >>> remember the old...